The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-05-02
THROUGH THE CITY.
Items Gathered Here and There by the
News Reporters,


The fire alarm turned in yesterday after
noon was false one
The stockholders of the Union Road Com
pany will hold a meeting at the Office of w.
n Habersham May at noon.
A meeting of the directors of the Central
will be held this morning, instead of on
Wednesday, the regular meeting day.
Gen. Lafayette McLaws viii address the
Georgia Historical Society at its May meet
| ing tonight. The meeting will be held in
the Library Hall instead of in the society
room.
The fish that bit Mr.. Alex Clarke while
hauling a seine on Tybee beach on Saturday
morning proved to be a large alligator,
which got in the net Mr.. Clarke is badly
hurt and is confined to his bed.
There were 1853 failures in the United States
reported to Brddstreets last week, against
l57 in the preceding week, and III, 1893, 1874
and 1856 in the corresponding weeks of 1886,
1885, 1884 and 1888 respectively.
A buggy owned by Mr.. Thomas Battle
was wrecked yesterday afternoon near the
Catholic cemetery, by colliding with q
buggy, in which were a Mr.. Mattox, wife
and child. The occupants of the last men
toned buggy were thrown out but not
seriously injured.
The Chatham Artillery will inaugurate
the military picnic season to-day at Schuet-
zen Platz. The regular excursion train of
cars will leave Bull street on the Coast
Line road at 9 o'clock this morning. Extra
cars will leave the Bolton street depot at
1875 a. IN. and 5, A, 5 and 6:45 o'clock this
afternoon.
An alarm was turned in from box 6 last
night for blaze in the roof of a small
house on Congress street lane between East
Broad and Houston. The house was occu-
pied by colored women, and is owned by
Policeman O'Keefe. The fire caught from
candle which had been left burning on a
bureau. No damage was done except the
burning of hole in the roof.
The Elecsvic Light Company is putting in
pipes and pumping machinery to draw its
water supply from the river. Supt Keck
says that the artesian water will not do for
steam purposes-that it chOkes up the boiler
fiues. Other manufactures are preparing
to get along without artesian water for
similar reasons. 1t remains to be seen
whether the artesian water is as satisfactory
as it was expected that it would be.
The Ford Dramatic Association is in cor
respondence with number of actors and
actresses who want summer engagements
The association expects TO open its season
about June 10. Lawrence Hanley, who will
be the leading man, closes his season at Nor
folk this week with Robert Downing A
meeting of the active, honorary and associ-
ate members will be held tonight to make
arrangements for the coming season. Mr.
Hanley has recently purchased the MSS.
of ''Lynwood," a successful play, and it viii
be produced by the Fords during the sum
mer.
Fourteen members were received into
Trinity Methodist Church at Yesterday
mornings service and eight applications
for membership were made during the after
noon. The meetings which have been in
progress for the past two weeks will be con
tinued this week daily at and o'clock
p. IN. The meetings to-day will be conducted
by Miss Jennie Smith, Superintendent of
the Railroad Department of the Womans'
Christian Temperance Union, and those
during the rest of the week will be con
Quoted by Rev. E. d. Mallory Miss Smith
will leave Savannah tomorrow for Thomas
vile sbut will return to be present during
the - te Convention of the Womans' Chris
tan Temperance Union, which meets here
next week.